Brits rustle up curry and roast chicken around 84 times a year. (Image: Getty)
Curry has joined good old roast chicken as Britain’s most cooked family meal, a new study has found.Both dishes are served up on average seven times a month in UK kitchens.But boring Brits are stuck in a rut wheeling out the same old dishes on repeat night after night.We will spend on average seven years of our lives in the kitchen making meals, yet despite spending so long slaving over a hot stove, we rely on an average of three meals, on repeat, week in and week out.
After curry and roast chicken which Brits rustle up around 84 times a year, we will make 72 spaghetti bolognese and 60 beef stews in an average year.
Stir fries, bangers and mash, shepherd’s pie, lasagne and chilli con carne also made the top ten list of go-to weekly family meals, according to the poll by Crock-Pot.According to research 46 percent of Brits genuinely loving cooking, four in ten (43 per cent) say they enjoy it but feel drained from the daily grind of preparing a meal every day.Over half (51 per cent) find cooking so stressful that they argue with their partner – an average of six times a month over meal-related matters.One in three (35 per cent) admitted they would rather be doing something else than cooking, such as reading a good book (36 per cent), being outside in nature (42 per cent), watching films (39 per cent) or having sex (17 per cent).But according to research 46 per cent of Brits genuinely loving cooking with 41 per cent saying they would create more adventurous dishes if they had the time.
Zoe McClean, Home Economist, spokesperson for Crock-Pot said: “Our research shows that Brits spend a substantial amount of time in the kitchen cooking. “We all love good food, but not the time it often demands.”